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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt | 26 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt index 93feb8444489..4ea852345a47 100644 --- a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt +++ b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt | |||
@@ -333,12 +333,23 @@ The "xxx" is not interpreted by the cgroup code, but will appear in | |||
333 | 333 | ||
334 | To mount a cgroup hierarchy with just the cpuset and numtasks | 334 | To mount a cgroup hierarchy with just the cpuset and numtasks |
335 | subsystems, type: | 335 | subsystems, type: |
336 | # mount -t cgroup -o cpuset,numtasks hier1 /dev/cgroup | 336 | # mount -t cgroup -o cpuset,memory hier1 /dev/cgroup |
337 | 337 | ||
338 | To change the set of subsystems bound to a mounted hierarchy, just | 338 | To change the set of subsystems bound to a mounted hierarchy, just |
339 | remount with different options: | 339 | remount with different options: |
340 | # mount -o remount,cpuset,ns hier1 /dev/cgroup | ||
340 | 341 | ||
341 | # mount -o remount,cpuset,ns /dev/cgroup | 342 | Now memory is removed from the hierarchy and ns is added. |
343 | |||
344 | Note this will add ns to the hierarchy but won't remove memory or | ||
345 | cpuset, because the new options are appended to the old ones: | ||
346 | # mount -o remount,ns /dev/cgroup | ||
347 | |||
348 | To Specify a hierarchy's release_agent: | ||
349 | # mount -t cgroup -o cpuset,release_agent="/sbin/cpuset_release_agent" \ | ||
350 | xxx /dev/cgroup | ||
351 | |||
352 | Note that specifying 'release_agent' more than once will return failure. | ||
342 | 353 | ||
343 | Note that changing the set of subsystems is currently only supported | 354 | Note that changing the set of subsystems is currently only supported |
344 | when the hierarchy consists of a single (root) cgroup. Supporting | 355 | when the hierarchy consists of a single (root) cgroup. Supporting |
@@ -349,6 +360,11 @@ Then under /dev/cgroup you can find a tree that corresponds to the | |||
349 | tree of the cgroups in the system. For instance, /dev/cgroup | 360 | tree of the cgroups in the system. For instance, /dev/cgroup |
350 | is the cgroup that holds the whole system. | 361 | is the cgroup that holds the whole system. |
351 | 362 | ||
363 | If you want to change the value of release_agent: | ||
364 | # echo "/sbin/new_release_agent" > /dev/cgroup/release_agent | ||
365 | |||
366 | It can also be changed via remount. | ||
367 | |||
352 | If you want to create a new cgroup under /dev/cgroup: | 368 | If you want to create a new cgroup under /dev/cgroup: |
353 | # cd /dev/cgroup | 369 | # cd /dev/cgroup |
354 | # mkdir my_cgroup | 370 | # mkdir my_cgroup |
@@ -476,11 +492,13 @@ cgroup->parent is still valid. (Note - can also be called for a | |||
476 | newly-created cgroup if an error occurs after this subsystem's | 492 | newly-created cgroup if an error occurs after this subsystem's |
477 | create() method has been called for the new cgroup). | 493 | create() method has been called for the new cgroup). |
478 | 494 | ||
479 | void pre_destroy(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp); | 495 | int pre_destroy(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp); |
480 | 496 | ||
481 | Called before checking the reference count on each subsystem. This may | 497 | Called before checking the reference count on each subsystem. This may |
482 | be useful for subsystems which have some extra references even if | 498 | be useful for subsystems which have some extra references even if |
483 | there are not tasks in the cgroup. | 499 | there are not tasks in the cgroup. If pre_destroy() returns error code, |
500 | rmdir() will fail with it. From this behavior, pre_destroy() can be | ||
501 | called multiple times against a cgroup. | ||
484 | 502 | ||
485 | int can_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp, | 503 | int can_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp, |
486 | struct task_struct *task) | 504 | struct task_struct *task) |